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ArcMAP mxd Report

DaveTenney — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:00:31 GMT

all,

I was just curious if there is a feature that would allow arcmap to export all the information of a saved mxd to could be used create a report of all the layers and their details?

I would love to create a nice report of the following information:

1) layer name

a) Symbology

b) Data Type

c) Feature Class

d) Geometry Type

e) Labeling

f) Scale Range

g) Coordinate System

I think this would be really nice to hand to a client that really doesn't know how to dig deep into the gis to see this info. It would be a great way to show them the details upfront.

thanks

Dave

Re: ArcMAP mxd Report

curtvprice — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:22:52 GMT

This could be accomplished, especially if you don't require a lot of detail, using Python scripting (arcpy.mapping).

Re: ArcMAP mxd Report

AdrianWelsh — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:23:58 GMT

Could you essentially create a web map of the GIS data and deliver the link to the client? That way they can see what the symbology is supposed to mean and some other items (in the legend), and they could maybe see scale ranges and the feature class names.

You could also create an application from this web map to simplify it further. But, this may not be the approach you are looking for.

Re: ArcMAP mxd Report

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:07:42 GMT

You might want to have a look at Rebecca Strauch, GISP product here Python addin for data inventory and “broken-link” repair. it is designed for many purposes if I am not mistaken.

Re: ArcMAP mxd Report

JayantaPoddar — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:27:21 GMT

Check X-Ray for ArcMap

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f0ae73e90c1a4992a1059e7d370966d4

Re: ArcMAP mxd Report

AbhishekRathi1 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:33:14 GMT

Dear Dave,

Kindly go through below mentioned links and hopefully it will solve your purpose.

Creating a report—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Working with Reports in ArcMap, Part I-Getting Started | ArcGIS Blog

Re: ArcMAP mxd Report

JoshuaBixby — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:07:42 GMT

Dave Tenney, what have you tried thus far and what worked best for you? If someone's comment worked better than everyone else's, please mark it correct to close out this discussion.